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PATENT Feroe.

JOEL LEE., 0F GALESBURG, ILLINGIS.

QLOTHES-WlliNGER.

Specification forming purt of Letters Patent No. 52,13253,

T0 all 107mm it muy concern:

Be it known th:tt-I,JOi1L LEE, oi' Galesburg, I in the county oi' 1{nox und Stute of illinois, have invented :1 new :1nd useful )luehine l'or iVringing Clothes; und l do hereby deolure that; the followingDr is rt i'ull, eleur, :ind exact deseription'of the construction :ind operation 0f the suine, reference being hud to the :ninexed dmuirgs, making :i part ot' this speer iicuiion, in whieh- Figure l is :in end \'ie'w,:ind Figx is :1 side view. v

A represents :t washing-muchine5 Al l5, the levers; (j C, the ringing-rolls, to be made or covered with vuleunized rubberI or o'tlierelustie gums impervious lo water; D l), the erowir wheels; E, the pinion; i", tho follower; (i (i, hooks :ind links; ll llfguides :ind lnfnring's l which Serve to support the .rring'ing'ioll und guide the follower. 'lfho i'oilower serves to, press the upper roll on the lower roll. 'lhel levers serve to press the follower :1nd upper l roll toward the lower roli by theirown weight orb; theuddilion oi' other weights. The hooks and links :1re used to eonneet the levers to the follower. I The link muy lie-dispensed with by using' u :it iheother end ol' the, sullioient to puss. the roll :ind slill give :t/

hook similar Eo the one follower by bending' i crank-shaft oi the lower perpendiculnr pressure.

'ihe nuls to the hooks on top ol' the lollower :1re to counteract :my wrur thm, muy tuke pluee in the bearings.

The crown-wheels hure nous purullel with i und rubber rolls (I dated A1^"eh1'uztiyli, 1566.

sulioient upper roll :nid erowndesired distunee :1nd

the axis. The pinion is mudo of length to permit the wheel to move up the still he in mesh.

llhis wringing-inuehine muy he :tinte-hed eilhertouwushing-machineorxtheueh,thereby securing; :i l'ulcrum :1nd giving room for the ler' rs.

This mode ol construction luis several :ulvuntuges: Il; is selludjustine tosmniloriurgo garments. When :i thick subslunee is rolled in the upper roll rises :nul the erown-\\'l|eel slides upon the pinion. Correspondiner eog's oi' euch crown-wheel mesh into the 'suine ogs on the pinion, therebylowing.,r lheupperroll :along :it the suine speed :is the other, whether the rolls :1re together orson'ie disluuee :xpm-l. The weighted levers rise :1nd l'ull nl; e\ '.fry inequuli'hir in the :irliele beine' wrung', :1nd still `e'ii'o the sume pressure, whiehlnukes il inueh eus-ier for the operulor Thun it would he il' springs were used.

A ldonoteluim spuiwherlsns used hy Selden A. luiley7 S. (look, und 13. M. (/ooli in their reissue ol' April ll, ibb; but

lhe :irrmig'enient ol' levers l link G (lr, follower l", H with the pinion l'l,

l5, hooks :nul guides und. bearings l ihe erowirwheels l) l),

JOEL LEE. Witnesses:

S. inclini. S. A. l.. Rieunv. 

